I've acquired a lawn tractor. Craftsman 18HP, 44", roughly 1980? Model # 917255911
It "runs", only at half-throttle and half-choke, poorly.
Combined with the filthy gas-can found near it, I assume the carb is full of dirt. At its age, if I am mucking it out, I should replace the rubber bits too.
SearsParts has listings for it, and some key parts are still stocked.
The engine is "unavailable". Not that I would buy an engine, but I wish they would say WHAT the engine is so I could find the little bits like carb-kit.
The engine itself has big "Craftsman 18HP" decals, but AFAIK Craftsman never made engines. It must be a re-badge. But of what?
It's air-cooled, flathead, standard lawnmower stuff, albeit horizontal-shaft for tractor belting, BUT: here's the unique part. It is a 2-cylinder horizontal-opposed twin. Not a one-banger, and not the V-twin which has become popular in recent decades.
Who made boxer utility engines a few decades ago? Only Kohler? Or was it Kohler who made boxers?
It "runs", only at half-throttle and half-choke, poorly.
Combined with the filthy gas-can found near it, I assume the carb is full of dirt. At its age, if I am mucking it out, I should replace the rubber bits too.
SearsParts has listings for it, and some key parts are still stocked.
The engine is "unavailable". Not that I would buy an engine, but I wish they would say WHAT the engine is so I could find the little bits like carb-kit.
The engine itself has big "Craftsman 18HP" decals, but AFAIK Craftsman never made engines. It must be a re-badge. But of what?
It's air-cooled, flathead, standard lawnmower stuff, albeit horizontal-shaft for tractor belting, BUT: here's the unique part. It is a 2-cylinder horizontal-opposed twin. Not a one-banger, and not the V-twin which has become popular in recent decades.
Who made boxer utility engines a few decades ago? Only Kohler? Or was it Kohler who made boxers?